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Echo: gnupg2: security update to 2.2.40-1.1-e1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 455609

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In GnuPG before 2.5.5, if a user chooses to import a certificate with certain crafted subkey data that
 lacks a valid backsig or that has incorrect usage flags, the user loses the ability to verify signatures
 made from certain other signing keys, aka a "verification DoS." (CVE-2025-30258)

Solution

Update the gnupg2 library and its related packages to version 2.2.40-1.1-e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-30258

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 455609

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.13

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-30258

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-30258

IAVA: 2026-A-0085